The Mars Hill Club

We've just returned from 10 days in China sharing fellowship with Chinese Christians participating in a symposium co-sponsored by Fuller Theological Seminary on History, Theology, & Apologetics in The Church in China. As I began to understand something about the Christians I was going to work with in China, I guessed I would have more to grow from on this trip than anything my audiences would learn from me. Now that I have returned, I am convinced that China had far more to offer me than I offered.

Whether it was the Chinese brother who spent 17 years on death row preaching the gospel, the owner of the 4 star hotel who demonstrated the gospel throughout the design of the hotel, the sister who volunteered her massage skills the night my back went out, or the brother who sacrificed a full Ph.D. scholarship to Cambridge in biochemistry so he could serve the church full-time, everywhere I went, I encountered people who were being transformed by Jesus Christ & were risking everything they had to share that new life with others.

Thursday night I will share 3 important principles I learned in China: (1) There are no Sunday-only Christians; (2) If the American Church does not invest in the Chinese Church, we will starve ourselves spiritually; & (3) If American apologists do not equip our Chinese brothers & sisters in good apologetics, we will be judged by God for failing to protect them spiritually.

Please join me for an important learning experience! Check the Calendar for the details.